Position Available: Freelance Project Associate
Company: Boules Consulting
Hours: As needed, on a per-project basis
Setting: 90% remote. We have a headquarter office in Costa Mesa, CA. Occasionally, you may need to travel to the office for meetings, as well as around the Southern California region for meetings/community engagement/stakeholder sessions/etc. You must also have a laptop/microphone/webcam/internet to work virtually, as these will not be provided.
Pay: $18-20/ hour, DOE
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About Boules Consulting
At Boules Consulting, we offer social-impact focused services for social enterprises such as nonprofits, small businesses, and government agencies with a mission to make a lasting, meaningful, positive impact on our communities and our country. Just a few of the services we provide include proposal writing, grant writing, research and analysis, and strategic planning writing. For the last six years, we have differentiated ourselves through our ability to synthesize analytical and outcome-driven data with compelling storytelling and effective document development. Some of our clients include the City of Riverside, the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission, and the County of San Bernardino.
We value creativity, a strong work ethic, autonomy, reliability, the growth of our team members, and work/life balance. We believe that leaders should be kind and invest in their people. Our team practices confident vulnerability, meaning we are equally confident about our strengths and weaknesses. We communicate directly and transparently with each other, and while we hold each other to high standards of production, we always put people before numbers.
Why We’re Hiring a Project Associate
Since Boules Consulting was founded in 2018, we have doubled in size each year. This fast pace of growth has stretched our ability to effectively deliver on all of the business we are getting, and so we need to add another talented, passionate, and hard working Project Associate to our team so we can continue serving our clients with excellence. For example, some current projects we’ve just wrapped up include managing an COVID-19 equity project, a $25M grant to bring electric vehicles into California, and a $160M economic development project design.
Position Overview
As a Project Associate for Boules Consulting, you play a critical role in implementing and executing programs, ideas, and initiatives that result in meaningful and sustainable social impact. Most importantly, you will be tasked with writing about the work you do by synthesizing and analyzing research outcomes to develop written reports, proposals, and plans. Here are just a few examples of projects you might work on:
- Economic Impact Analysis: developing an economic analysis report for a municipality
- Affirmative Action Planning: Researching hiring best practices from an affirmative action lens to develop a recommendation report
- Survey development, distribution, and collection: Developing, distributing, and collecting survey outcomes to create other reports
- Proposal Writing: Responding to requests for proposals on behalf of clients
- Technical Assistance: Helping disadvantaged organizations and businesses respond to proposals.
The Project Associate is responsible for working directly with Boules Consulting’s clients to help them scale their impact through diverse social impact projects, including economic and workforce development, nonprofit technical assistance, mental health, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Finally, as a Project Associate, you work with the clients to draw out their stories through effective communication and utilize that to create compelling and persuasive proposals to potential funders, donors, and partners. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible difference in the world by helping us drive positive change through social entrepreneurship.
Key Responsibilities
- Research: Gather, collect, and analyze relevant data for each client and their specific projects
- Execute Scopes of Work: Play a key role in the execution of project and contract deliverables.
- Proposal Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather information and develop comprehensive proposals for social impact initiatives. This includes conducting research, analyzing data, and translating complex concepts into clear, concise, and compelling narratives.
- Report Development: Utilize collected and analyzed data to develop a variety of reports for clients that meet their specific needs, such as aligning a City’s economic growth strategy with the State’s.
- Storytelling and Messaging: Craft compelling stories and narratives that effectively communicate the mission, vision, and impact of social enterprises. Develop key messaging and value propositions to engage and inspire potential partners and funders.
- Strategy Development: Work closely with internal stakeholders to develop strategic approaches for proposal, reporting, or strategic development, including identifying project objectives, outcomes, and deliverables. Ensure strategies developed align with the organization's strategic goals and objectives.
- Editing and Proofreading: Review and edit documents, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency. Collaborate with subject matter experts and team members to incorporate feedback and improve proposal content.
- Relationship Building: Collaborate with external stakeholders, such as social impact investors, foundations, and NGOs, to build relationships and gather relevant insights for proposal development. Attend conferences, networking events, and relevant forums to stay updated on industry trends and best practices. Host listening sessions, gather data from those sessions, and synthesize into a policy-driven report.
- Performance Tracking: Monitor and evaluate the success of proposals submitted, tracking outcomes, and identifying areas for improvement. Analyze data and feedback to refine proposal strategies and enhance future proposal development efforts.
- Consulting: working with clients to help them strategize, prioritize, and implement the most impactful steps to scaling their businesses.
Talents to Thrive in This Role
- A generalist knowledge in public policy and/or social impact. You should have a general understanding of how systems work in America and how they can impact us: for better or for worse.
- A general understanding of social issues and best practices such as Trauma-Informed Care, workforce development, economic impact, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, etc.
- Excels in prioritizing, arranging, re-arranging and coordinating changes on many different projects simultaneously.
- Ability to customize your approach to each individual client and their needs.
- Curious, with a knack for absorbing and retaining large quantities of information.
- Desire to achieve at a high level.
- Accountable: takes deep personal ownership over tasks and responsibilities.
- Adaptable: calm in the middle of the storm.
- Ability to see patterns in data. Can you predict the ending when you watch movies? Can you identify implications from a given public policy?
- This is a fully remote position, so you should be able to self-manage, adhere to deadlines on your own, constantly communicate with your team, complete deliverables assigned to you, not be afraid to ask for help when you come up across a hurdle, and have a sense of ownership over your work
- Experience with government agencies, non-profit organizations, and/or public policy is a plus.
Key skills:
- Advanced Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension- exploring complex information to understand hidden patterns
- Ability to learn about a wide variety of topic quickly
- Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.
- Highly logical and analytical, yet creative in their problem solving and critical thinking
Manager Profile for This Position
This position will report to Marianne Boules, the Founder and CEO of Boules Consulting. As a leader, Marianne is encouraging, empathetic, and even-tempered. At the same time, she holds the team to high standards of performance. You can expect Marianne to be generous with her time, attention, training, and feedback. Failure is a natural part of growth and business, and during these challenging moments, Marianne will be there to help pick you up and help you grow according to your strengths and interests. However, Marianne also believes in independence and self-governance. If you prefer managing your time and tasks independently, Marianne will be a great leader for you.
How to Apply
To be considered for the opportunity you MUST send the following items to :
- A one page cover letter summarizing your experience with proposal writing, public policy, and/or your ability develop program designs
- 2-3 samples of your professional writing. Grants or government proposals are preferred but not required.
- Your resume with contact info and references included.
- To be considered for the position you must write: “I Believe in Social Impact” in the subject line.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: From $18.00 per hour
Expected hours: 2 – 32 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: Remote
